My mother considers herself a "wine drinker," but doesn't drink it very often because she doesn't want to open a bottle by herself, as the rest of our family really doesn't drink wine. I take more after my dad, who is a beer and mixed drink-kinda-guy. I also grew up in the rural area of southwestern VA, a tiny town called Hillsville, and from the name you should be able to guess there aren't many fine dinner parties where wine knowledge would be helpful.
I know very little about wine. During my first wine tasting this week, the first thing I said after sniffing a glass of Verdejo was, "smells like wine..." I prefer the white wines normally, but I also enjoy certain red wines, too - something sweet but still a little dry. I don't enjoy super sweet wines or the bitter reds, but hopefully I can come to appreciate them!
After coming to college and being exposed to people who didn't wear cowboy boots with their daily outfits, I realized that knowing more about wine wouldn't be such a bad idea. So that's why I'm in this class! So I can pretend I'm sophisticated and know what I'm talking about!
